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Report on the ophthalmoscope.

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Brit. for. med.-chir. Rev., 14, 549-57. 1854 CE.

Jones reported that Charles Babbage (1792-1871), the computer pioneer, had produced a simple ophthalmoscope in 1847. After the success of Helmholtz’s instrument in 1851 (No. 5866) Jones wrote about Babbage’s instrument and of his role in discouraging it. See No. 5862.

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